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Benjamin Floyd II
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Ushio Kawana
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Hi 
Thanks Benjamin, I like armoured combat.
Page 5 to 16 is armoured combat.
I have some questions. 
You can download large JPG image file (1400*2153 pixel)
http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms...mp;USE=800
What is this ring? (for hunging weapons?)
What do they doing?
thanks
I'm interested in Medieval Arms and Armor.
But... My English is very poor ><;
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Jeffrey Faulk
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My uneducated guesses at your questions:
First picture-- yes, probably a hanger for a mace, axe, or some back-up weapon. About the only other reason I can think of for it being there is to hang up the armour after use, and upside-down just doesn't sound right as it'd put a lot of stress on the straps of the armour. Might also be for tying the two combatants together so they can't just keep their distance; however, I haven't heard about anything like this being done in medieval duels. So, I think the hanging a second weapon in that ring works.
Second picture... okay, that's a mystery. "Look, guys! I'm gonna do a magic trick!"? Some exotic medieval version of "slap hands"? "Hold on, you got a bug on there..."? That one really is kind of out there for a fight book, isn't it?
A clue may be provided by the fact that the person holding the bag/pouch and the... table, something, seems to be less armoured than the guy holding the mallet. So, this may be a case of a guy putting his seal to a document in dramatic manner?
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Sam Gordon Campbell
Location: Australia. Joined: 16 Nov 2008
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The first picture I'd agree with Jeffrey.
And maybe in the second he's loading some sort of firearm? 
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Richard Eskite
Location: Northern California Joined: 27 Jun 2006
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| Sam Gordon Campbell wrote: | | And maybe in the second he's loading some sort of firearm? |
Almost looks like swaging bullets, but they most likely cast them. The guy with the hammer seems to have folded shooting sticks of some sort?
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David Wilson
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The second picture might make a good candidate for a "Caption This" kind of thing.
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Craig Peters
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I don't know for certain, but the figure on the left in the second picture reminds me of a seller of Papal indulgences.
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Gottfried P. Doerler
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i`m always shocked, how rude they were in the 19th cent. to the old originals.
whilst nowadays you`d probably touch them with gloves, they back then did not shy away from pressing stamp markings into the paper 
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Ushio Kawana
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Hi
It looks like firearm to me...
Page 5 to 16 are armoured combat. And these illustrated techniques are famous... 
  
 
But this(it looks like firearm ) is technique???
  
  
thanks
I'm interested in Medieval Arms and Armor.
But... My English is very poor ><;
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